Many resist the twist
Perhaps even the Chubby Checker dance
But there is another twist that most resist
It has to do with how an individual looks and perceives
Information
History
Scripture
The news of the day.
Yet, there is so much more as one explores what is presented.
Who would have thought the story of the three little pigs could mean we must deal with:
Our shadow
Our willing ignorance
The part of us that wants to grow
Integrating our shadows is vital for life.
Who would have thought that the people who wrote the Constitution
They were mainly looking for themselves
Their finances
To those who could own land and thus vote
Who would have thought that we have leaders who lead us astray
Like a flock of sheep
Like the pied piper
Like the dispensers of cool-aid
Like I said, many don’t want to see the twist
Thinking through what is being presented
Can change meaning and perception
While the Apostle Paul writes that it is grace that saves,
Why does he also say, “Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling?”
If Jesus is the ultimate, why does he say, “Greater things you will do than I”?
You do realize that there are now eight planets in our solar system. I was taught there were nine. Who stole the other planet? And what do we do with answers given that said there are nine but are now wrong? Does it matter?
What has happened to the twist
Where what is seen goes further than the words about them
That there are deeper meanings and purposes than we see.
To explore that illnesses may be a call to initiation into something greater if we answer the call
That events of the day are giving messages about who we are
Perhaps they are trying to protect
Perhaps they are trying to guide
Perhaps they are telling us we have done well
Yet, we miss the messages because we won’t do the twist.
How sad for us when we don’t learn to dance with life,
How sad when we won’t let God lead
How sad that we may be left behind.
Remember the book series “Left Behind”?
It appears it is true.
Those left behind think they are in
Yet they miss the twist to their own story
Thinking that they will be first, yet they will be forever last and forgotten.
They took everything so literally,
So concretely
But their view is not in the scriptures
It is not predicted that way
The twist is that those who are willing to be last
Those with eyes to see and ears to hear
Are already moving into the kingdom
They listen with their hearts
They listen with their souls
Not the certitudes presented by the powerful
There is a subversive movement right beneath our noses
Brushing past those who stand waiting
For a truth they have already determined is the truth
A leader who will fix what can’t be fixed
Being a part of an exclusive club
Scriptures interpreted in their favor
Isn’t that an interesting twist for our time?
